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Day care available for parents receiving TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and working or in school.

Provides nutrition education and food vouchers for pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children younger than age 5 who cannot afford an adequate diet and have a nutritional risk.

A support group for separated and divorced men and women.

Provides information, referral, and resources on parenting concerns; parenting classes include Children and Divorce; Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP); Parenting in a Military Family; Dads and Discipline, Enhancing Step Families, Parenting Teens, and Single Parenting in the Military. FFSC also offers a New Parent Resource Awareness Workshop for expectant active duty women.

Healthy Families provides parenting and child develpment information as well as referrals to community resources and services.

The Women, Infants and Children Program is a supplemental nutrition program that helps mothers and young children stay healthy and eat right. The WIC program serves eligible women who are breastfeeding, pregnant or have just given birth, as well as infants less than one year-old and children less than five years-old. WIC provides nutrition education, private and group sessions with a nutrition expert, free nutrition checkups, support and help with breastfeeding, referrals to other medical and health care services, and access to healthy foods. Visit WIC's website at http://www.vahealth.org/wic/ for more details.

WIC provides access to counseling, nutrition education, supplemental nutritious foods, breastfeeding education, and referrals to other services in order to improve the health of pregnant women, infants, and children.

Project LINK provides an array of services to meet the multiple needs of substance-abusing pregnant women, mothers and their infants, and women of childbearing age. On-site Project LINK services include case management, education, parenting skills, and support groups. Treatment modalities include case management, housing assistance and group therapy. Also provide Fatherhood Initiative program.

Parent Training equips parents with the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively nurture and guide their children through various stages of life. The techniques and strategies taught in parent training programs are rooted in evidence-based research and have been proven to enhance parent-child relationships, communication, and behavioral outcomes.

Offers fatherhood skills primarily to fathers of Eastern Shore Head Start students. Uses the comprehensive 24/7 Dad program developed by the National Fatherhood Iniative.

Provides child care information to the general public including lists of registered and licensed providers, available subsidies and parent tips. Offers information to those interested in becoming child care providers. Trains child care providers and registers and approves family child care homes.

Home visiting program for pregnant women and infants up to age 2. Assessments are done to determine needs. Covers infants from birth to age 2. Provides home visiting with education on how to take care of baby, monitor weight, blood pressure, nutrition, and pregnancy information. Provide assistance to mother for smoking cessation.

Provides nutrition education and food vouchers for pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children younger than age 5 who cannot afford an adequate diet and have a nutritional risk.

Support program for new parents that will strengthen parenting skills and increase the likelihood that all children in this community have a healthy start and enter school ready to learn. All services are free and voluntary.

Day care payments provided, so parent(s) can work or train for employment

Provides nutrition education and supplemental food programs.

WIC stands for a special supplemental nutrition program, Women, Infants and Children. The goal of the program is to improve the health of pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children(under 5 years)through better nutrition and access to health care. The program provides screening and referrals to other health, welfare, and social service agencies, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, as well as supplemental nutritious foods. To be eligible for the WIC Program, applicants must meet categorical, residential, income and nutrition risk requirements.

Assistance with child care payments for working parents who meet income eligibility requirements

After-school and summer camp programming.

A nutrition education and supplemental food program for eligible pregnant, postpartum, breastfeeding women and children up to age five.

Provides child day care subsidies for families with parents who are working or in school.

Prevention Services Division offers an extensive range of programs and services to youth, families, and communities. Each youth prevention program and service is evidence-based and proven to be effective. We offer creative, informative, and skill-based programs, classes, trainings and workshops that support individuals and families in leading healthy, successful and productive lives.

Financial assistance for low-income families for childcare.

Empowering fathers and strengthening families by providing a 13 week development group of fathers supporting fathers, understanding child development, employer networking (to gain professional references)and employment resources. Workshop includes guest speakers on all topics while mentoring men to become better fathers. Register online: www.norfolk.gov/FormCenter/Family--Human-Services-5/Fatherhood-Development-Program-Registrat-157

Provides intensive in-home family support services for at-risk first-time parents, beginning prenatally and continuing until the child is five years of age. The goals of the program are to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect through services designed to: improve maternal and child health, facilitate healthy child development, build constructive and positive parenting and assist parents with the assessment and identification of appropriate community resources. Healthy Families America is a national program model designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a healthy start. Families participate voluntarily in the program and receive home visiting and referrals from trained staff. The program has three goals: to promote positive parenting, to encourage child health and development and to prevent child abuse and neglect.